{"product_id":"books-secret-muses-by-julie-kavanagh","title":"Secret Muses","description":"Sir Frederick Ashton, Britain's greatest choreographer, was a major figure on the cultural landscape of the twentieth century and his influence extended far beyond the world of dance. Julie Kavanagh traces Ashton's progress with a keen and sympathetic sense of both the man and his milieu. The drama of his professional and private life - among his close associates were Constant Lambert, Benjamin Britten, W. B. Yeats, the Sitwells and Cecil Beaton - is skilfully interwoven with vivid descriptions of the ballets themselves.  'Not only the best biography of a ballet figure but, far more important, a Proustian recollection of that glamorous near-mythical time, the first half of our now setting century.' Gore Vidal","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673048277265,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780571190621.jpg?v=1781522858","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-secret-muses-by-julie-kavanagh","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}